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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is harder to raise children in an affluent society because there is less of a family community.  My DH was raised in a developing country and his mother worked.  An older relative of his mother's brother in law offered to stay with her kids, for free, so she could work.  She was an older lady and she didn't mind.  According to DH, it all went very smoothly.  Would your brother in law's older aunt want to stay with your kids for free?  It's just not something I can imagine happening in a wealthier society.[/quote]

People do that at all income levels in the USA if they live near each other.  Get off the MY COUNTRY stuff.[/quote]

I don't know, I haven't seen that.[/quote]

It will be more common in the future as multi-generational households grow due to the sheer cost of housing skyrocketing and wage suppression occuring everywhere.[/quote]

Not pp, but no way. Americans do not help others out like that. I can't even get a friend to watch my dog over a weekend so I could fly to my grandpa's funeral. No one would watch a baby here, not even MILs.[/quote]

Sorry you have such a crap support network, but I know plenty of American families with this set up.  My parents would do it if we lived in the same town.  They do drop everything and come help when we need it.  Our next door neighbors watch our animals so my husband could go last minute out of town to visit his father with cancer while I was out of town with my parents and children just a month ago.  When we had to go last minute for a week out of town, we were able to get a couple people lined up, one to take our dog to their house and another to watch our cat at ours.

Now, will parents be capable of caring for young children as they age?  Maybe, maybe not.  But I do think that we will start seeing more multi generational houses in the future.[/quote]

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